Clement, Jane Tyson

Jane Tyson Clement (1917-2000) was a writer and poet who has been compared with her contemporaries Denise Levertov, Wendell Berry, and Jane Kenyon. Born to Quaker parents, she grew up in Manhattan but preferred Bay Head, New Jersey, where the family owned a summer house. After graduating from Smith College, Jane became a teacher and married Robert Allen Clement, a Quaker attorney and fellow pacifist. Despite her privileged background, Jane was disturbed by the injustices she saw around her and yearned to do something constructive with her life. Eventually this search led her to God. In 1954, t...